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Street robbery victim in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets arrested for lying about what happened

A thief and his victim have both been arrested over a Benidorm street robbery on the northern Costa Blanca. The male victim went to to...

British woman found dead beside Spanish pilot ex-husband in suspected murder-suicide in Madrid suburb

POLICE are investigating the death of a British woman and her Spanish husband after the couple were found dead lying next to each other...

Partygoers in Sevilla face fines after police evict 60 people attending music show

AT LEAST 60 partygoers in Sevilla are facing fines for breaching COVID-19 rules. Police were alerted to the get-together on Sunday morning (June 6) at...

Yacht was camouflaged as a fishing boat to smuggle tons of drugs into a Costa Blanca port in Spain

TWO-and-a-half tons of hashish was found on a yacht moored at Santa Pola, leading to the detention of a Murcia and Costa Blanca-based drugs...

Police in Spain bust drug smuggling gang who disguised cocaine as charcoal

SPANISH police seized 300kg of cocaine smuggled into Europe by a drug trafficking gang who disguised it as charcoal. In a joint investigation by Spain’s...

Tired burglar grabs a nap on a sofa after stealing a TV set from a Vigo area home in...

A Vigo resident found a burglar fast asleep on her living room sofa after she returned home from a night out. The property owner entered...

‘Phishing’ and ‘Smishing’ gang on the Costa Blanca in Spain used credit card details conned out of victims

EIGHT people have been arrested in Almoradi and Torrevieja for running a nationwide scam that stole the credit card details of least 48 people. The...

Girlfriend on trial accused of killing son of mafia boss in cold blood in Spain’s Murcia

A WOMAN is on trial for the murder of a mafia boss’s son who was gunned down in Murcia.  Cristina Elena T faces more than...

Plague of ‘hugging’ robberies continues as couple strike across the Costa Blanca and Spain

A couple who committed at least ten 'hugging' robberies on the Costa Blanca, as well as in the Madrid and Murcia areas, have been...

EXCLUSIVE: British expats caught up in faked residency probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca face two-year legal limbo and travel...

EXPATS caught up in the alleged fraudulent residency scam on the Costa Blanca have been told by police that they can’t leave the country...

Belgian expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain claimed his dead mother’s state pension for over six years

A 48-year-old Belgian man has been arrested on the Costa Blanca for claiming over €90,000 from his mother's state pension after she died in...

Billionaire Mining Moguls Fight Fraud Cops in $99 Million Trial

Billionaire mining tycoons said the U.K.’s fraud prosecutor colluded with their own “bullying” lawyer to leak confidential information and manufacture grounds for a criminal...

CHILD MURDER TRIAL: Couple in Spain’s Valencia face accusations of brutally killing their two young children in a ritual

THE most gruesome and emotional trial of the year is taking place this week in Valencia. Maria and Gabriel, a couple from Godella (Valencia Province),...
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Sex work and the city: Residents on Spain’s Costa del Sol rally to tackle concerns over prostitution

SEX WORKERS are continuing to ply their trade from the Abbeygate roundabout on the A7 despite the threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic, an...

Woman arrested for ‘cutting off’ of boss’s penis in Barcelona after alleged rape

POLICE have arrested a woman for allegedly cutting off the penis of a bar owner where she worked in Barcelona.  The man was taken to...

55-year-old Costa Blanca pervert in Spain ‘groomed’ boy aged under 14 to meet for sex

A 55-year-old Orihuela pervert was stopped from hooking up for sex with a boy aged under 14 after the Policia Nacional tracked down his...

SQUATTER SHOT: Man gunned down in illegally occupied building in Spain’s Valencia

A 43-YEAR-OLD man was shot dead in a squat in Manises (Valencia) last night (Monday May 31). Identified only as Eduardo, the victim sustained one...

Knife-wielding bank robber in Murcia area of Spain stabs policeman in the groin

THREE Policia Nacional officers were injured as they stopped a man robbing a bank in Murcia City this morning(June 1), One of the officers was...

BENIDORM BATTLE as illegal party spills out into a street fight on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A mass brawl involving 30 people spilled out onto a Benidorm street outside a bar hosting an illegal party. Four guests aged between 18 and...

Belgian fugitive who sold a fake luxury watch for over €16,000 is caught on the Costa Blanca in Spain

A Belgian con-artist has been caught by the Policia Nacional on the Costa Blanca after running away from a ten-year jail term. Officers arrested the...

Nowhere to hide: Is the Costa del Sol still the safest place for fugitives?

Suspects on the run are being forced look for alternative hiding places as police clamp down on criminals in the Costa del Sol

‘EYES WIDE OPEN’ as a major chain of opticians keeps getting robbed on the Costa Blanca in Spain

POLICE on the southern Costa Blanca are trying to confirm that a single robbery gang is targeting a chain of opticians. €100,000 of branded designer...

Costa Blanca couple jailed as murder probe continues over baby death in Spain

AN Elche court has jailed a couple as a probe continues into the death of a six-month-old baby named Daniel. A 44-year-old man and Daniel's...

Thieves on Spain’s Costa Blanca steal catalytic converters to harvest precious metals

COSTA Blanca thieves who stole catalytic converters to extract expensive metals have been arrested in Barcelona. Three men were detained by the Policia Nacional after...

Angry guests punch police officer at COVID rule-breaking party on Spain’s Costa Blanca

GUESTS at an illegal Alicante City party surrounded and threatened police officers who raided the venue. Four people in their 20s have been arrested after...

Angry man mimics Basil Fawlty by thrashing a police car with a branch in Murcia region of Spain

A police car was given the 'Basil Fawlty' treatment when an angry man attacked it with a branch. In a scene that was almost a...

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